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' l UNITEDA STATES PATENT Ormea CLAES WM. BOMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GIGA-.R ROLVLINGR-,WRAPPING MACHINE.

sPECIFrCA'rIoNforming pair of Letters Patent No. 393,609, dated November27, 1888.

Application filed August 2, 1888. Serial No. 281,780. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAES WM. BOMAN, -of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CigarRolling or Wrapping Machines, f

of which the following is a specification.

of improvements on the cigar-wrapping machine described and illustratedin my applica-v tion for Letters Patent, Serial No. 268,989, filed March30, 1888, on which I have since obtained Letters Patent No. 388,174,dated vAugust 2l, 1888, some of these improvementsas, for example, thosehaving reference to the` cutter ,and to the presser--being of moregeneral application to cigar-wrapping machines.

The improvements can best be explained and understood by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan View.. Fig. 2 isa rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the head-stop. Fig. 3ais a plan of the cutter and the adjoining end of the thimble with thepaste-receptacle removed. Fig. 4 is a section of same on line 4. 4.,Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the standards. Fig. 7 is adetail View of the spreader.

A is the driving shaft journaled in standards B O, and driven from anysuitable prime mover, in this instance by friction-gearing consisting ofthe friction-wheel m', mounted on shaft A, and rubber-facedfriction-disk n, mounted loosely on an eccentric, n', fast to thecross-rod o,.which is to slide longitudinally in standards p, in whichit is also capable of ro-y tation, being for this purpose provided witha handle, o. The friction-disk o1, is joined to a pulley, a2, drivenfrom some suitable source. The object of the eccentric mounting of thedisk u is, that it may be brought into or out of contact with the wheelm in order that the shaftA may be revolved or not, as desired. Thelongitudinal movement of the rod o allows the speed of the shaft A to bevaried by varying the distance 'of the disk n from the center of thewheel, and also permits the direction of revolution of the shaft A to bereversed by drawing the disk from one side of the axis of the wheel totheother side. In this way the workman has the movement of the shaft Aand of the parts to which it gives motion en- -tirely under his command.Upon the shaft j passing through slots b c, formed in the stand- Theinvention about to be described consists ards B C. They carry pinions d,which mesh with -pinion a, and they are held together by an encirclingspring, E.

F is the spreader for spreading apart the rolls. It is centered on shaftA, is provided with cam-slotsf, through which the shanks D pass, and isnormally held by a spring, e, in a position in which the rolls areclosed.

When the cigar is placed in the moldspace formed by the rolls, its pointor tip projects outfrom this space and beyond the free ends of the rollsD. This projecting tip is received in and supported by a thimble, J,having in its upper face an approximately conical eavity, j, of theshape of the cigartip. This thimble is carried by a head-stock, K, whichcan slide longitudinali; on a guide, K', so that it may be moved back touncover the free ends of the rolls and to permit the cigar or filler77to be inserted endwise between said rolls.

Thus far the machine, with the exception of the means for varying thespeed and changing the direction of rotation of the shaft A, is similarto the machine described in my aforesaid patent. It is desirable,however, that the operation of moving back the thimble and spreadingapart the rolls should be accomplished by one movement, and it is alsodesirable that when the parts, after having thus been moved, arereleased they should return to their original position. To this end Iconnect said parts in such manner that both of them shall be actuated byor from a single lever, handle, or treadle. A variety of mechanisms,manifestly, can be employed for this purpose. That shown in the drawingsconsists .of an angle or elbow lever, K2, pivoted to a bracket on theunder side of the table or base of the machine, with one of its armsextending up. through an opening in said base and provided with a slot,7c', which is entered by a pin, 7c, projecting laterally from thethimblestock K. A spring, 7a2, draws the thimblestock normally into aposition in which the thimble will be held in operative position withIOO respect to the rolls, and adjustable stop la, against which thethimble stock brings up, determining the distance at which the thimbleshall stand `from the free end of the rolls. rlhis feature is of valuewhether the thimblestock and spreader be connected together or not. Iprefer, however, to connect them together, because, as before indicated,they both can then be operated by one movement and by one instrumentality. To accomplish this, I provide a slide-rod, Z, supported in bearingsZ at one end and jointed at the other end to a pivA oted cam-lever. Z2,the cam-face of which is unV der the handle F' of the spreader F. Aspring, l, draws this rod in a direction in which the Cam does notaffect the spreader. Upon the rod Z is a tappet, Z, which extends intothe path of movement of the head of the pin k. rlhis tappct Z4 isadjustable on the rod Z, and is held in its adjusted position by asetserew.

Vhen the lever K2 is, by a treadlo or other means, moved in a directionto draw back the thimblestock, the pin k at the proper time will strikethe tappet Z4, thus drawing back the rod Z with the effect of moving thecamlever Z2 in a direction in which it will come under and lift thehandle F and cause the spreader F to spread the rolls apart. As soon asthe lever IY2 is released, the parts will at once resume their originalposition.

For lthe purpose of keeping the tip of the cigar well in the thimble,which is essential to the formation of a good tip or point, I employ asliding presser, G, which passes axially through shaft A, and isinfiuenced by a light spring, g, to press constantly against the buttendof the bunch or filler.y thus holding the latter tight against the pointof the thimble. Then the cigar is wrapped and finished, this presser byits handle G can be pressed still harder against the cigar, thus forcingit hard up into the thimble. If under these conditions the cigar berevolved a few times in the thimble, the point or tip of the cigar willbe polished,7 and at the same time closed tightly. Afterward, when therolls are sp read apart and the thimble-stock is moved away from therolls, the presser can be used also as an ejector to expel the cigarfrom between the rolls.

H is the table ofthe machine, overhanging at its inner end the toprolls, between which the wrapper enters. A hinged tucking-blade,

I, retracted by a spring, l', is provided for the` purpose of tuckingthe front end of the wrapper down between these rolls.

The cutter for shaping the point or tip end of the wrapper is carried bythe thimblestock. The stationary member of the cutter or shears isformed by the piece m. The other and movable member is the cutter-plateL, having a cutting-edge ofa shape to co-operate with piece m. Themovable cutter-plate in this instance is mounted on a stem or standard,L, vertically movable iu the thimble-stock and actuated to move up anddown by a pivoted elbowlever, L2, with which it has a pin-and-slotconnection. rlhe more essential feature of this cutter is the shape ofits cutting-edge and the relation in which that edge stands to the pointof the thimble. It will be noted that the edge consists ofthe straightor substantially straight part 1 and the approximately ogee-curved part2, and that the straight part l extends diagonally across the end orpoint of the thimble. This construction and arrangement are material,the result being that the wrapper is cut in such manner that it willwind around the point of the filler in the easiest possible way, willcover up the extreme point, and will not wrinkle; nor is there liabilityof the wrapper opening at the point afterward-a trouble which has beenfrequentlyexperienced heretofore. The inclination at which the cutismade seems to take away all resistance from the leaf or wrapper andallows it to remain permanently where the thimble places it.

On the cutter-standard L is a tongue, s, which, when the cutter is down,(as it will be at the time the point of the cigar is being wrapped,)closes the top of the thimble, and serves to guide the wrapper and toprevent the latter from wrinkling as it is fed into the thimble.

may under some circumstances use in fmishing the tip of the cigar apastor for supplying the paste which usually is applied to the tip endof the wrapper. Forexample,apaste reservoir, M', may be provided mountedon the thimblestock, and communicating by a suitable passage or duet, t,with the interior of the thimble. The supply of paste from the reservoirto this duct can be regulated by a valve or other suitable means.

Having described my improvements and the manner in which the same are ormay be carried into effect, whatclaim herein as new and of my owninvention is l. In a cigar wrapping or rolling machine, the combinationof the cigar-receiving rolls D, the shaft A, the gearing connecting saidrolls and shaft, the friction-wheel m' on shaft A, the rotatable and longitudi nall y-movable cross-rod o,and the friction-disk ineccentricallymounted and rotatable upon the rod o, under the arrangement and foroperation as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination,with spring-closed yielding power-driven rollsinelosing a cigar-mold space, access to which is had from one end of therolls, and mechanism for spreading said rolls apart, so as to open themold at that end, of a head-stock movable to and from said end, a springby which said head-stock is drawn toward the rolls, a stop forlimitingthis movement of the head-stock, and a tip-forming thimble carried bysaid head-stock, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the power driven cigar-receiving rolls,thespreaderforsaid rolls, the thimble stock movable to and from the rolls, saidspreader and thimble-stock being spring-actuated in the directionrequisite to cause the rolls to close and the thimble-stock to close uptoward or against the rolls, and

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mechanism connecting said thilnble-stock and spreader, whereby themovement of the thimble-stock against the stress of its spring shallcause a corresponding movement of the spreader, as and for the purposeshereinbefore set forth.

4. The combination of the rolls D, the thimble-stoek, itscontrollingspring, the pink, the tappet Z4, the rod Z, the spring Z3,the cam-lever Z2, and the spreader, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore set forth.

5. In combination with the thimble, the eutter consisting of thestationary and movable members L m, having cutting-edges shaped asindicated at l 2, and located with relation to the point of the thimblesubstantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

6. In combination with the stationary and movable members of the cutter,the thimble and the finger carried by the moving member 2o CLAES WM.ROMAN.

Witnesses:

J. LEVY, SAMUEL KRAUs.

